This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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I think I wrote an article about that…. GT
Smoothing Out Renderings
Message #100403
Hi Alan, I'm just dropping you a little line to let you know that our STNG episode we did airs this comming week. Take care Greg
Seams between your patches? Seams to me you might be forgetting to merge your points after the patch. Also make sure that your splines are smoothed across one another before you patch your cage. GT
You can send it to: Greg Teegarden C/O seaQuest / Amblin Imaging #447 100 Universal Plaza Universal City, CA -Call for zip- 818-777-4600
Hi Martin, I don't recall getting an E-mail from you but I'll be happy to give you more info if you resend it. GT
Hi Deane, We use LightWave 3D as our primary software platform, although we are also going to be getting SGI's running things like Power Animator and Parallax from Matador. You can send your demo reel and resume to: 3634 Regal PL. #2 LA CA 90068 USA Address the package to…
HI Max, The lenght of the projects would probably be around 18 months or so. It's taken us that long to seaQuest's first season, so I would imagine that it will take that long to do another. We also have a 22 episode commitment from NBC for Earth 2, which…
Artists Needed
Message #98255
This is a post for any 3D artists looking for potential employment with a leading production facility. Amblin Imaging is currently accepting demo reels from potential employees for work on several upcomming projects. Amblin Imaging is a production company located in the LA area, responsible for the CGI seen on…
Hello Alan, Life hasn't changed now that Steven won the Oscar, but then again, I haven't even seen him for weeks, as he rarely comes over to our neck of the woods. Rumor has it he's going to take a year off or something like that. It would be no…
I'm glad you like it. Tis the age of the desktop computer for sure. I think the only thing seperating the men from the boys now is processor speed, but even that gap is starting to close. I remember when you called John, was about a week ago I think,…
Hello Alan! Haven't been around here lately, work's been a real pain in the as_, and the last thing I want to do when I get home is to turn on another computer. Anyways, hows things going? I was wondering when you might come up here to LA so I…
From my experience, I'd have to say that $200. per finished second would be a good place to start. GT
Sounds great. Look forward to seeing what he comes up with. BTW, is this the same group who made Power Macros? GT
200 macros huh. Can you say what they do? GT Amblin Imaging
If you get AdPro, make sure you get the latest version. I hear it has a much better interface than 2.0. GT
Glen, Can you tell if the 24 bit boards you mentioned here are accelerated? Also, can they drive a large MultiSync type monitor, such as an NEC 5fg, without the need for a flicker fixer or whatever…. How much are they? Thanks, GT
Pardon my ignorance, but what's Scala? GT
…………..there's an amazing piece of scientific achievement……. (making fun of thought? Huh; the thought never occured to me) GT -Amigarley Challenged -that is, finding it challenging getting any work done on it!
Don, I'd have to say that 64MB per processor is about right. I believe that's what our boards have on them, and we haven't had any problems. GT
At Cornell University……..
If you are referring to the turbulence generated by the rotor blade, try using a fractal pattern on a cone shaped object with a transparencey falloff. Spin the object, and have it morph along the axis your prop is moving to help create the illusion of a stream of turbulent…
Snowball's chance huh? That's easy for you to say after the fact, although with that wig on I almost didn't recognize her. I know I'm not her type anyway- my hairs not long enough you know. Oh well, Eileen and I drank entirley too many gin and tonics, and I'm…
Hey! Sign me up now! I want to learn from the Pros! ( I heard none of those guys actually knows what he's talking about…Especially that Boucher dude..as well as that T-rex composite article, as rumor has it that the rex wasn't even built in LW.) GT (I'm dressing up…
It's LightWave. GT
Cinefex has not done any coverage on us. B5 has a better publicist than us I would imagine. GT
No, it will ship. GT
NewTek's reason for developing their own format is because they wanted to produce broadcast quality output from the start. The other formats, i.e., MPEG, MPEG 2, etc, do not offer anywhere near the quality of output as NewTek's new Flyer card. The reason you should be so excited about their…
Current LightWave users will not have to abandon their current equipment to take advantage of the Screamer, or as it's now called, the Raptor. All rendering is controlled through a seperate control panel in LightWave, which in turn runs the Raptor. The Raptor costs about $14k, including memory. It is…
As far as I know it does not affect objects, but I'll find out for sure by tomarrow. GT
PMJI, Are you trying to create seperate objects? If so, you'll need to export each circle seperately, with it's own object name. -GT
Joe, Motion blur works at the scene level, not on a object by object basis. I believe you are referring to particle blur, as motion blur is an on/off setting. If you have the Motion Blur button activated, don't worry about field rendering, it will only drive up your render…
Isn't Eric Barba writing that one?
What's that? Your *machine*, I mean AMIGA crashed?! That dosen't surprise me, I mean after all, it is an Amiga amigo. I think delimbed is a better word. It's strange; the whole situation seems rather pathetic now. But perhaps the worst part of this whole mess is that we lost…
Just a hint here… If your rendering with motion blur on, don't worry about fields. GT
What's up with this forum! I just got your wolf call tonight, two after the fact!
The biggest difference between the big 3D packages and programs like LightWave are: 1. The Price 2. Volume of features 3. They run on real computers 4. Did I mention the price…….? Seriously though, the biggest difference is that high end packages have levels of performance that are orders of…
Until LightWave runs on something other than an Amiga, (and I don't just mean the rendering kernal) it won't be considered a serious feature film piece of software, so I'd have to say that JP II done with Amigas is a pipe dream. (there are no plans at Amblin for…
Your Right…. I know some VERY INSANE artists. What do you say JG? GT
African or European? GT
#Lightwave Animation
Message #76946
Talked with Sailor this evening, I'm in. The Witching hour approaches….
Want little Raptors? There's eight zillion of them laying around Amblin.
I've seen IPR, very impressive. I think the thing I liked about Wavefront the most modeling wise is that it can model on a polygon level, as well as in B Splines, allowing you to toggle back and fourth. Nice compositing features too. GT
Well, we never got Animation Master. They made it too difficult to work with them. Basically, they wanted us to buy the software, with an option to return it if we didn't like it. Since companies like Alias, Wavefront, Parallax, and Softimage are willing to let us have free evaluation…
If you select the volume button and use the right mouse button to lasso the area desired you can achieve the same effect without having to paste to another layer. GT
Actually John, it's closer to 100…, well, maybe 99, as one of mine is STILL down! GT
Gary once mentioned to me last October about a motion smooting routine for 3DS, but I haven't had a chance to see or for that matter try it. I hope that it is an interactive process, as I wouldn't want to have to experiment with typing in values, as this…
Amblin's a big company. It sits on the backlot of Universal Studios, and is it's own independent production house. I used to see Spielberg every day when I was on Jurassic Park, but now only 3x so far in the year and a half I've been on seaQuest. It's great…
Actaully, I'm at home, exchanging quips from here. At work I just pester John with LightWave questions. GT
#88231-
Amblin/SeaQuest CGI
Message #88490
By all means send one. GT
Yeah well you know John, you taught me all I know…! GT
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